by KarenD | Jan 22, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
Some days it just seems impossible to wedge one more activity into your schedule. But being a mentor doesn’t necessarily need to become a burden in your life. Being a mentor is about more than going on special outings to movies and amusement parks. It’s about spending...
by KarenD | Jan 6, 2020 | Making Mentoring Work
by Niobe Way, Ed.D., Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at NYU and Author of Deep Secrets Matching boys with caring mentors should be the goal of any mentoring program regardless of the sex of the mentor. My research with Black, Latino, White, and Asian...
by KarenD | Dec 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Do you love the holidays, but struggle with keeping on track with your physical activity? Or maybe you just want to start your New Year resolutions early by being more active? Commit to run, walk, or move a mile every day, get active and enjoy a personal reward. The...
by KarenD | Nov 18, 2019 | Making Mentoring Work
BY MADELINE OSTRANDER For a growing child, deprivation and stress can become a kind of neurotoxin. The brain’s foundation, frame, and walls are built in the womb. As an embryo grows into a fetus, some of its dividing cells turn into neurons, arranging...
by KarenD | Oct 31, 2019 | Making Mentoring Work
By Kelli Richards CEO, The All Access Group @kellirichards When you decide to mentor someone, you really have no way of knowing how far she’ll go. Whether you shape the next great entrepreneur of our time or help someone achieve her dreams, you’ll make a...
by KarenD | Oct 14, 2019 | Making Mentoring Work
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by KarenD | Sep 23, 2019 | Making Mentoring Work
There are all kinds of ways that a caring adult can make a difference in the life of a child. With a little bit of effort and patience, you too can mentor a young person. October 15, 2012 – Author: Lisa Bottomley, Michigan State University Extension Since the...
by KarenD | Sep 16, 2019 | Making Mentoring Work
Written by Wendy Adamson Standing inside the gymnasium of an after-school youth program called PAL, I can’t help but be pulled back to when my son, Rikki, played here as a kid. It was the early nineties, and I had just hit a bottom with alcohol and drugs. After...
